femfrankie
Shrinking For Sophie
Hi everyone
Just thought I would introduce myself. I am Frances and i live in the central belt o Scotland. i have battled with my weight literally all of my life. Helped along with repeated prescriptions of steroid treatment due to Asthma. I enquired 4 years ago about surgery intervention with my GP but was told that there was nowhere in Scotland that did WLS
& to be honest I just gave up trying after that... there was nothing left for me to try!
Earlier this year I was looking at the possibility of having to succumb to being confined to a wheelchair when my knees and my steroid weakened muscles took umbrage to the 27 stone of weight, they were carrying and decided to fail me big style.
The osteopath would not operate due to my size and the risks associated. But its thanks to him that I am where I am today for it was he that asked if I had Ever thought about WLS, & would it be okay if he contacted the bariatric consultant on my behalf?" Of course I agreed. I was skeptical that this would go any further than this conversation. That was in March and in late May I received a phone call from my GP to say that he had received word from Dr Maclean the consultant who had indeed contacted the bariatric consultant. My GP was not hopeful though. Despite having a BMI of 61.5 I did not meet the criteria as I am not diabetic.. The appointment arrived & with much in-trepidation i prepared for the big NO. My husband and I attended. My consultant could not be more pleasant, understanding and vowed he would fight my corner but in the meantime i would need to show willing by trying to lose weight myself.
5 months later bringing us to the present I have attended my first appointments at Ross Hall and was informed I had been given funding:happy036: initially I will be fitted with a balloon for 6 months and all going well further funding will be sought for a gastric bypass prior to the balloon removal. No dates given yet and I next see mr Stuart mid January so I will hopefully get some dates to work with then.
I am both happy and scared which is why I am here
Looking forward to chatting to everyone
:thankyou:
Frances
Just thought I would introduce myself. I am Frances and i live in the central belt o Scotland. i have battled with my weight literally all of my life. Helped along with repeated prescriptions of steroid treatment due to Asthma. I enquired 4 years ago about surgery intervention with my GP but was told that there was nowhere in Scotland that did WLS
& to be honest I just gave up trying after that... there was nothing left for me to try! Earlier this year I was looking at the possibility of having to succumb to being confined to a wheelchair when my knees and my steroid weakened muscles took umbrage to the 27 stone of weight, they were carrying and decided to fail me big style.
The osteopath would not operate due to my size and the risks associated. But its thanks to him that I am where I am today for it was he that asked if I had Ever thought about WLS, & would it be okay if he contacted the bariatric consultant on my behalf?" Of course I agreed. I was skeptical that this would go any further than this conversation. That was in March and in late May I received a phone call from my GP to say that he had received word from Dr Maclean the consultant who had indeed contacted the bariatric consultant. My GP was not hopeful though. Despite having a BMI of 61.5 I did not meet the criteria as I am not diabetic.
. The appointment arrived & with much in-trepidation i prepared for the big NO. My husband and I attended. My consultant could not be more pleasant, understanding and vowed he would fight my corner but in the meantime i would need to show willing by trying to lose weight myself.5 months later bringing us to the present I have attended my first appointments at Ross Hall and was informed I had been given funding:happy036: initially I will be fitted with a balloon for 6 months and all going well further funding will be sought for a gastric bypass prior to the balloon removal. No dates given yet and I next see mr Stuart mid January so I will hopefully get some dates to work with then.
I am both happy and scared which is why I am here
Looking forward to chatting to everyone
:thankyou:
Frances
